Improvement in shirt-bosoms



.l. PAGAN.

Shirt-Bosoms.

Patented July 1, 1873.

Inventor: a Per yfl/ Attorneys.

Witnesses:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN PAGAN, OF YONKERS, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN SHlRT-BOSOMS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 140,431, dated July 1,1873; applicatipn filed I May 17, 1873.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that 1, JOHN PAGAN, of Yonkers, in the county of Westchesterand State of New York, have invented a new and use ful Improvement inShirt-Bosoms, of which the following is a specification:

My invention consists in folding the cloth of which the bosoms are madein such manner as to re-enforce the portions between the plaits with oneor two webs to strengthen it where it wears out soonest, and to do itwithout sewing on extra strips, as has been done in some cases.

Figure 1 is a transverse section of a bosom showing the modes I haveadopted for men forcing the said weak parts, and Fig. 2 is a plan viewof a bosom constructed according to my improvements.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

To re-enforce the portion between the middle plait A and the side plaitB, I make the narrow plait O of one edge of the cloth, of which thefront portion of plait A and the plaits B and D are formed, and above 0I make an other narrow plait, E, to extend the edge of plait A to themiddle of plait C to meet the edge of plait 13.. After forming plait E,the wide middle front plait A is formed, and the web is extended backunder plait 0 far enough to make plait B; then it is extended far enoughto make plait G, which is extended at H far enough over B to strengthenthe single web at the meeting front plaits B and G. The line Fshowswhere pla-its A, E, and O are stitched together, and line I showswhere plaits B and G are stitched. To re-enforce the portion betweenplaits A and J, one edge of the part of the bosom which forms plaits A,J, and K is folded under plaits A and J to make a narrow plait, L, atthe middle of which plaits A J meet, and it is sewed together with theback web of plait A to the front plait A at N. The plait K is arrangedto overlap plait J, to re-ent'orce the web which connects them in thesame manner that plaits G and B are arranged.

I am aware that a shirt-bosom has been made by the application ofstrips, as described in the patent of Solomon Sibley, dated October 31,1871; but in such bosoms the liability tocrack at the points where theplaits meet is not overcome, because the strips that are intended tostrengthen are not put in the proper places. Some are on the top of thebosom and some are underneath, and when the linen cuts, as it will, itwill show the same ragged space between the plaits as when made in theold way. I therefore make no claim to such method of making ashirt-bosom, as my plan is not by the application of strips of any kind,but to a part of the bosom itself; and the arrangement is such thatshould the bosom be cut with a knife it could not be seen at the fron t.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patcut- 1. The method of re-eniorcingthe single web betweenthe plaits of a shirt-bosom by means of narrow plaits formed of thecloth of which the wide plaits are made, and by overlapping the edges ofthe wide plaits, substantially in the manner described.

2. The plaits U, E, A, B, and G, formed of the web composing the upperside of the bosom, substantially as specified.

3. The plaits L, A, J, and. K, formed of the web composing the underside of the bosom, substantially as specified.

JOHN PAGAN.

Witnesses:

ANGUS M. IVES, RAFFAELLE Conn.

